As drones become more and more commonplace in multiple areas, Mid Michigan Community College is offering a class in drone training that teaches the basics of owning and using a drone. The $1,490 price tag will allow participants to leave with a drone to call their own.

A former Oakland County oncologist serving a 45-year prison sentence for prescribing chemotherapy to people who didn’t need it is now claiming he only pleaded guilty because his attorney convinced him to – and now wants his conviction overturned.

Ringing phones, the low murmur of a focused team of people and an occasional announcement filled the Isabella County Emergency Operation Center Wednesday, as a cross-section of officials participated in a response training drill.

An Indiana man discovered Sunday morning in a Gratiot County gas station parking lot —passed out in a car police say he stole— said he has no recollection of a night likely filled with drug use, back road driving and an earlier car crash.

A growing army of animal rights activists are attempting to stop a pair of state laws that would cede local control of pet shops that the activists claim would increase the use of unhealthy “puppy mills.

Warren-based Art Van Furniture is offering a free American flag exchange program for residents whose flags are faded or torn. The furniture retailer is hosting the flag exchange, Memorial Weekend, Friday to Monday, May 25-28.

An early attempt to end a standoff with an armed man in western Isabella County Friday was nixed when the sheriff and the man’s wife knocked on the door and saw him grab and raise a rifle as he sat in the living room smoking a cigarette.

Long before Europeans came to Coldwater Township, Indians were drawn to the boiling springs in Section 22, considering them sacred. Settlers began gathering in the area in 1862. In 1888, the post office established in 1886 in Samuel Letson’s store was moved a mile north, to a village platted in 1887 by E.

The Gratiot County Community Foundation has launched the GREAT Communities Initiative. It is meant to generate real effective action to transform Communities in Gratiot County. The grants will fund community projects such as art centers, parks and recreation improvement, beautification and revitalization projects, community gathering sites, and more.

The Mt. Pleasant Eagles will help people exercise and improve their balance and flexibility with resistance bands. Chair exercises that everyone can do are held at 10 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday at the Eagles, located at S.

McLaren Central Michigan hosts a joint replacement program for individuals considering a total joint replacement. The events are from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, and June 7 and 21, at the McLaren Wellness Central (2600 Three Leaves Drive, Mt.

Three musicians who also serve as volunteers at Re-Member on the Oglala-Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota will present a public concert at St. John’s Episcopal Church at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 2.